Brett Shweky // Staff Writer The Panthers opened their three-game home stand against the (15-3) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders with a 65-52 loss on Thursday, Jan. 19. Middle Tennessee remains undefeated in conference play, improving its C-USA record to 6-0. From the beginning FIU struggled to match the Blue Raiders defense, only scoring 25 points […]
Peter Holland Jr. // Staff Writer The Panthers received their third win of the season after an outstanding performance by both starting guards Alexis Gordon and Kristian Hudson, who combined for 40 points in their 65-74 victory against conference rival Florida Atlantic University. After a shaky first half of trailing behind the Owls, the Panthers […]
Alex Toledo // Contributing Writer In their first game back after the effects of last week’s Hurricane Matthew, the Panthers Volleyball team lost 0-3 at home to the Rice Owls, (22-25, 23-25, 24-26). The team now stands at 7-11 for the season and a disappointing 1-3 in Conference USA play. Although it was a close […]
Peter Holland Jr. // Assistant Sports Director The Panthers gained their first win of the season against their rival Florida Atlantic University at the 15th Annual Don Shula Bowl. Junior quarterback Alex McGough returned to the starting lineup after being benched last game against University of Central Florida. Despite throwing two interceptions, one ended in […]
By Jacob Spiwak/Staff Writer The student section at FIU Arena was electric as the Panthers completed their season sweep of Conference USA rival Florida Atlantic University with a 64-56 victory Tuesday night. While the score ended up only being an 8-point difference, the Panthers were in control for almost the entire game. The first half […]
Jorge Corrales/Sports Director The Panthers opened up Conference USA play with an impressive 62-60 win at Florida Atlantic University. The Owls were 5-0 at home before falling to the Panthers in their conference opener. The Panthers were once again led by senior forward Adrian Diaz, who notched 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting. He also added […]
To start off the second year for the Panthers in Conference USA, the Panthers will face both new and old opponents but will be at home for a majority of the season. Of the first six games in the season, five will be played at FIU Stadium. This includes every out of conference game that […]
Patrick Chalvire/staff writer The Panthers started their spring break weekend with a three-game series versus No. 19 Rice, a team the Panthers had never beat entering the series. Game one on March 8 saw junior left-hander Tyler Alexander on the mound taking over starting duties for an injured Mike Ellis. Alexander pitched 6 1/3 innings, […]
Ruben Palacios/staff writer In their last regular season game of the year, the same duo that carried the FIU women’s basketball team to end were the ones to finish it. Jerica Coley led all scorers with 29 points, and Marita Davydova posted yet another double-double to power the Panthers in a 68-65 victory against FAU. […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer After playing 22 games this season, the men’s basketball team finally faced off against their instate conference rival, the Florida Atlantic University Owls, at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. The Panthers dominated the Owls in nearly every facet of the game, as they pulled out an 84-65 victory at home on Feb. […]
Ruben Palacios/staff writer Junior Jerica Coley led all scorers with 33 points on 12 of 17 shooting from the field and she was perfect from the free throw line at seven for seven, as FIU defeated rival FAU 65-55 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. Senior Diamond Ashmore was the next leading scorer in the […]
